The 1971 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Terry Peak ski area in Lead, South Dakota, at the 18th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.

Denver, under new head coach Peder Pytte, captured their fourteenth national championship and tenth in eleven years. They finished 21.6 points ahead of rival Colorado in the team standings.

Denver's Otto Tschudi, winner of the previous year's giant slalom, swept the three alpine titles; teammate Ole Hansen repeated as Cross Country champion, and John Kendall of New Hampshire repeated as Skimeister (all four events).

Despite Denver's impressive streak of success, the Pioneers' next team title came in 2000, nearly three decades later.

The eighteenth edition, this year's NCAA skiing championships were held March 4–6 in South Dakota at Terry Peak, in the Black Hills near Lead.

Through 2020, these remain the only championships hosted in South Dakota.

Rank	Team	Points
	Denver	394.7
	Colorado	373.1
	Middlebury	368.8
4	Dartmouth	368.3
5	New Hampshire	367.0
6	Wyoming	360.8
7	Fort Lewis	358.5
8	Utah	328.8
9	Montana	326.3
10	Northern Michigan	317.7
11	Nevada–Reno	308.2
12	Michigan Tech	249.0

Source:

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

• Thursday: Downhill (2 runs), Cross Country
• Friday: Slalom
• Saturday: Jumping

Event	Champion
	Skier	Team	Time/Score
Alpine	Otto Tschudi	Denver	3:21.68
Cross Country	Ole Hansen (2)	Denver	55:05
Downhill	Otto Tschudi (2)	Denver	2:31.22
Jumping	Vidar Nilsgard	Colorado	222.5
Nordic	Bruce Cunningham	New Hampshire	7:04.9
Skimeister	John Kendall (2)	New Hampshire	346.8
Slalom	Otto Tschudi	Denver	1:33.40

Source:

• List of NCAA skiing programs

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